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Care and personalized attention are critical for the shipment and storage of your high value goods. United Cargo's UASecure service provides customers secure, chain-of-custody and around-the-clock monitoring for your high-value shipments across its unparalleled worldwide network.
United offers secure storage facilities in over 80 locations worldwide and has a knowledgeable and courteous staff available to assist you in selecting flights that best fit your schedule. To book your high value shipments or for additional information, contact the UASecure Service Center, 24/7 at:
Continental flights: 1-800-490-0766 (from the U.S. or Canada) or +1 832 235-1536 (from other countries)
United flights: 1-800-825-3788 (from the U.S. or Canada) or +1-616-482-2274 (from other countries) and enter PIN number 8100.
Description
- Airport-to-airport air freight service
- Transport on sealed Exclusive Trucks (EUVs) may be available
- High priority/special handling
Acceptance Time
- Must be checked in no more than 3 hours prior to scheduled flight time
Recovery Time
- Within 3 hours after the scheduled arrival time of the flight.
General information
UASecure delivers peace of mind and air-tight procedures for:
- Shipments where valuation coverage or shipper's interest insurance in excess of $25,000 USD has been requested.
- Shipments containing the following commodities, regardless of whether there is declared value coverage or shipper's interest insurance. See list below*:
- Artwork or watches
- Fur or fur-trimmed clothing
- Gems (cut or uncut, including diamonds for industrial use)
- Jewelry (other than costume jewelry)
- Negotiable instruments (inclusive of blank credit cards and traveler's checks) such as bonds, coins, currency, deeds, evidence of debt, money, promissory notes, securities and stock certificates.
- Opals
- Pearls (real or cultured)
- Precious metals in any form (liquid, grain, sheet, foil, powder, sponge, wire, rod, tube, circles, molding, castings, dust, sulfides, cyanides, concentrates, precipitates, bullion)
*Commodities in this category, if underinsured, may be subject to co-insurance penalties.
Packaging Requirements
High value articles must be packed in sealed wood or metal outer containers no smaller than 12" x 12" x 12" (1 cubic foot). The seal numbers must be recorded on the air waybill and transfer manifest
Containers must have a minimum top-loading capability of 75 pounds per square foot and have sufficient strength to allow other freight to be stacked around and on top of the container.
Each piece of the shipment must be legibly and durably marked with the name, address, and telephone number of the shipper and consignee. The nature of the contents or value must not appear on the outer packaging.
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